Edgar Allan poe and Jim Morission
The lives and the experiences of an author often are reflected in their work. Although Edgar Allan Poe and Jim Morrison lived nearly a century apart, their lives were similar; filled with tragedy, addictions, and perhaps most importantly writing. Both Poe and Morrison's poetry reflected imageries of death, which both writers experienced so much of in their respective lifetimes. Their morbid fascination with death steams from their early childhood experiences. This paper will explore this fascination of death, using the works by Jim Morrison including Blessings, Cassandra at the Well, and Horse Latitudes; and the works of Edgar Allan Poe including Lenore, Spirits of the Dead, and Alone. The images of death in these works illustrates each writers trial and tribulations throughout their brief, yet prolific existences. Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. His father deserted his family and his mother, an actress, died of tuberculosis when Poe was only three years old. He was then sent to live with his aunt and uncle, John and Frances Allen in Virginia. In 1826, Edgar attended the University of Virginia, where he was an exceptional student, but unfortunately he was forced to
They came upon a truck that had overturned and saw injured and dying Pueblo Indians lying on the asphalt. By studying the poetry of these two writers, it can be seen how the life experiences of a writer are conveyed in their writing. Jim Morrison is well known for for both his poetry and music. Similar to Poe's poetry, he conveys his fascination with death through a third party, the horse. His wife Virginia died of tuberculosis, in 1847, the same illness that took the life of his mother years earlier. On May 16, 1836 Poe married his cousin Virginia. What have we done now! We've done it fella, we've committed the. Another poem which Morrison wrote in high school called Horse Latitudes, describes the death of a horse in a fire. For Example in his poem Lenore, written in 1845, he describes a dying woman: The sweet Lenore hath gone before, with hope that flew beside, Gleason 5 Leaving thee wild for the dear child that should have been thy bride- For her, the fair and debonair, that now so lowly lies, The life upon her yellow hair, but not within her eyes- The life still there upon her hair, the death upon her eyes. Much of Morrison's poetry, reflects the experience he had on the highway as a child. In another of Poe's Poems titled Alone, written in 1829, he reflects on feelings of loneliness.
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